This compilation of technical articles and formulations is a must-have reference for chemists in the hair care industry. It covers everything the chemist needs to know about hair science and structure.

Topics include:

• Physiology
• Shampoo and conditioning
• Ethnic hair care
• Styling
• Color
• Fragrance
• Sun protection
• Formulation
• Testing
• and more!

Contents

Part I: Overview

1. Hair Care Rides the Curl
2. Happier Days for Hair Care?
3. Extending the Hair Care Line with Fragrance

Part II: Ethnic

4. Global Hair Care Report: a Feel for Innovation
5. Debunking Ethnic Hair Care Myths
6. Maintaining Ethnic Hair Care Leverage: an Interview with Patrick Obukowho
7. Meeting the Needs of African Hair Care: an Interview with Chuck Warren
8. Paradigm Shift for India’s Hair Care
9. Asian Hair: Its Properties, Physiology, Protection and the Market for Asian Hair Care
10. Ethnic Hair and Disorders of the Scalp

Part III: Physiology

11. Inside the Hair: an Advanced Hair Biology Model
12. Approaches to and Characterization of Hair Growth

Part IV: Shampoo

13. Shampoo Formulation: The Basics
14. New Technology for Shampoos and Conditioners: Between the Shock Waves
15. Working Up a Lather
16. Deposition from Conditioning Shampoo: Optimizing Coacervate Formation
17. Advances in Polymers for Hair Conditioning Shampoos
18. Efficacy of Coal Tar vs. Sodium Shale Oil Sulfonate for Treating Dandruff
19. Esters from Vegetable Sources with Care Effects for Hair
20. Silicone Technologies as Delivery Systems via Physical Associations
21. Performance and Sensorial Benefits of Cationic Guar in Hair Care Applications

Part V: Condition

22. Formulating Hair Conditioners: Hope and Hype!
23. Silicones for Hair Strengthening
24. Anionic/Cationic Complexes
25. Anionic Organosilicones: Complexing Agents for Quaternary Compounds
26. Silicone Quaternary Microemulsion: a Multifunctional Product for Hair Care
27. Using Polyquaternium-64 to Condition Damaged Hair
28. Quaternium-91: a New, Multifunctional Hair Conditioning Ingredient

Part VI: Styling

29. Innovations in Hair Styling Technology
30. Advances in Polymers for Hair Styling
31. Silicone Amino Elastomer Emulsion for Conditioning and Styling Performance
32. Designing Emulsions for Relaxer Actives
33. Styling Polymers in Mousses
34. Evaluating Polyimide-1, a Styling Resin for Gel and Mousse Formulations
35. Antichaotropic Salts for Stabilizing Cysteine in Permanent Waving Solutions
36. Refractive Index Matching: Principles and Cosmetic Applications
37. A New Dimension in Hair Styling: VP/Methacrylamide/Vinyl Imidazole Copolymer

Part VII: Color

38. Dyeing to Get it Right
39. Forever Young—Antiaging Hair Care: an Interview with Beth Johnson
40. A Controllable Progressive Hair Dye Process
41. Advances in Polymers for Hair Coloring
42. Multilayer Lamella Vesicles in Oxidative Dye Formulations: Characterization and Performance

Part VIII: Sun Protection

43. Using Natural Keratin Biopolymers to Protect the Hair
44. Protecting Against UV-Induced Degradation and Enhancing Shine
45. Polyamide 2: an Innovative Photoprotection Polymer for Hair Care

Part IX: Testing

46. Texture Analysis to Formulate Hair Care Products and Select Packaging
47. Torsional Behavior of Human Hair by Single Fiber Torsion Pendulum Method
48. In Vivo Quantitative Evaluation of Gloss
49. Effect of New Regulations on Hair Coloring Products in the EU
50. Using Texture Analysis to Substantiate Hair Care Claims
51. Recent Polymer Technologies for Hair Care

Part X: Directory

52. Hair Care Formulary

Index

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